iejustalittle,toclaimontheformthatyourdiplomarepresentsaHarvarddegree
？
OrthatyoufinishedanextracoupleofyearsbackatStateUniversity?
Moreandmorepeopleareturningtoutterdeceptionlikethistolandtheirjobortomoveaheadintheircareers,forpersonnelofficers,likemostAmericans,valuedegreesfromfamousschools.Ajobapplicantmayhaveagoodeducationanyway,butheorsheassumesthatchancesofbeinghiredarebetterwithadiplomafromawell-knownuniversity.Registrarsatmostwell-knowncollegessaytheydealwithdeceitfulclaimsliketheseattherateofaboutoneperweek.
Personnelofficersdocheckupondegreeslistedonapplicationforms,then.Ifitturnsoutthatanapplicantislying,mostcollegesarereluctanttoaccusetheapplicantdirectly.OneIvyLeagueschoolcallsthem“
“
impostors(
骗
子
)””
;anotherreferstothemas.Onewell
specialcases
knownWestCoastschool,inperhapsthemostdelicatephraseofall,saysthattheseclaimsaremadeby“nosuchpeople.” Toavoidoutright(彻底的)lies,somejob“
attended
”
or
“
seekersclaimthattheywereassociatedwith
”
acollegeoruniversity.Aftercarefullychecking,apersonnelofficermaydiscoverthat
“
attending
”
meansbeingdismissedafteronesemester.Itmaybethat“
beingassociatedwith
”
acollegemeansthatthejob
seekervisitedhisyoungerbrotherforafootballweekend.Oneschoolthatkeepsrecordsoffalseclaimssaysthatthepracticedatesbackatleasttotheturnofthecentury
thatswhentheybegankeepingrecords,anyhow.
,
,
Ifyoudontwanttolieorevenstretchthetruth,therearecompaniesthatwillsellyouaphony(
假
的
〕
diploma.Onecompany,withofficesinNewYorkandontheWestCoast,willputyournameonadiplomafromanynumberofnonexistentcolleges.Thepricebeginsataroundtwentydollarsforadiplomafrom
“SmootStateUniversity”.Thepricesincreaserapidlyforadegreefromthe
“UniversityofPurdue”.AsthereisnoSmootStateandtherealschoolinIndianaisproperlycalledPurdueUniversity,thepricesseemratherhighforonesheetofpaper.
Ⅰ.以约30个单词概括短文要点。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ⅱ.根据所读短文，选择正确答案。
1.Themainideaofthispassageisthat______________.A、employersarecheckingmorecloselyonapplicantsnow
B、lyingaboutcollegedegreeshasbecomeawidespreadproblem C、collegedegreescannowbepurchasedeasily
”
D、employersarenolongerinterestedincollegedegrees2.Accordingtothepassage,referstocaseswhere______.
A、studentsattendaschoolonlyparttime
“
specialcases
B、studentsneverattendedaschooltheylistedontheirapplication
C、studentspurchasefalsedegreesfromcommercialfirmsD、studentsattendedafamousschool
3.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat___________.
A、performanceisabetterjudgeofabilitythanacollegedegreeB、experienceisthebestteacherC
、
pastworkhistoriesinfluencepersonnelofficersmorethandegreesdo D
、
adegreefromafamousschoolenablesanapplicanttogainadvantageoverothersinjobcompetition
4.Thispassageimpliesthat__________.
A、
personnelofficers,likemostAmericans,valuedegreesfromfamousschools
B、personnelofficersonlyconsiderapplicantsfromfamousschools C
、
mostpeoplelieonapplicationsbecausetheyweredismissedfromschool
D、societyshouldbegreatlyresponsibleforlyingonapplications
5.Asusedinthefirstlineofthesecondparagraph,theword“utter”means_________.
A、addressC、thoroughB、ultimateD、decisive
参考答案
【一】
1.解析：根据上下文，这里应该填意为“必须”的情态动词。答案：must
2.解析：此处应该是谓语动词的过去式。 答案：drove
3.解析：这里需要副词修饰动词decreased，意为“逐渐减少”。 答案：gradually
4.解析：这里作形式主语指代后面的不定式短语。
